Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The Eastern Daily Press website reports that a police employee who sold car parts belonging to the force on eBay was caught out when stolen goods were bought by an undercover officer.

Scott Allcock spent 18 years working for Norfolk Constabulary as a parts officer, admitted to five charges relating to the incidents.

The Grimsby Live website reports that a pre-school group treasurer stole more than £18,400 in a breach of trust to help fund a spiralling gambling problem.

Kathyrn Dennis’s “despicable” fraud saw her pretend that the charitable organisation’s bank account had been repeatedly hacked in a bid to “cover her tracks”.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a violent shoplifter kicked the head of security guard ‘like a football’ after being caught stealing vodka in a branch of Asda.

Daniel Wardle – jailed for two years – punched the guard to the ground, kicked his head and then ran away as the man lay unconscious with a broken jaw.

The News & Star website reports that a man who stole almost £107,000 from a Longtown hotel where he was the manager must hand over nearly £74,000 in compensation.

Stewart McIntosh, blamed his offending on a “crippling” and long-term addiction to gambling.

According to the Derbyshire Live website, a man has been jailed for over a year following a three-month shoplifting spree, which included a haul of 16 bottles of self-tan lotion.

Leeroy Simpson also stole beef steaks and boxes of washing powder in a series of thefts he committed between February 16 and May 1.

According to the Stroud News & Journal website, a thief travelled to Stroud and Swindon in breach of lockdown rules to go on a shoplifting spree.

Andrei-Niscusor Dogaru had two rucksacks and a magnetic de-tagger and stole a large quantity of spirits, ink cartridges, razors and electric items valued between £2,700 and £3,000.